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Adapt() - Method in class Pool

age - Variable in class Candidate

age - Variable in class Rep

ambition - Variable in class Voter

B

BillVote(int, int, int, int[], int) - Method in class Rep

buildPascal(int) - Static method in class Utilities

Computes Pascal's triangle up to the number N

C

Candidate - class Candidate.

Candidates can be created from either Voters or Reps.

Candidate(Rep) - Constructor for class Candidate

Candidate(Voter, int) - Constructor for class Candidate

CandidatePool - Variable in class District

center - Variable in class District

ConductBusiness() - Method in class Congress

ConductVote() - Method in class District

Congress - class Congress.

Congress is where the Reps interact and enact legislation for the whole Population at large.

Congress(int, int, int, int) - Constructor for class Congress

Crossover(int[]) - Method in class Candidate

CrunchTag() - Method in class Individual

CurrentRep - Variable in class District

D

didItPass - Variable in class Congress

District - class District.

The District class holds all of our Voters, Candidates, and Reps.

District(int, int, int, int, int, String, int) - Constructor for class District

E

ElectRep() - Method in class District

F

FindCandidates() - Method in class District

findCentrality(Individual) - Method in class District

findMedian() - Method in class District

findSeparation(int[]) - Method in class Individual

findSimilarity(int[]) - Method in class Individual

findUtility(Candidate) - Method in class Voter

findUtility(int[]) - Method in class Voter

fliptag() - Method in class Individual

Formation - class Formation.

Formation.java (version 1.0) written by Mark Rich February 16th - April 26, 1999 @ University of Wisconsin - Madison This program is an implementation of a theory of Political Party formation based on the interaction of Voters and Representatives.

Formation() - Constructor for class Formation

G

Government - Variable in class District

I

ideology - Variable in class Individual

inCongress - Variable in class Voter

incumbent - Variable in class Candidate

Individual - class Individual.

This is the basic class for people in our simulation.

Individual() - Constructor for class Individual

isCandidate - Variable in class Voter

isCoalition - Variable in class Voter

isMajority() - Method in class Rep

L

laziness - Variable in class Voter

levelIndex(int, int) - Method in class Individual

M

main(String[]) - Static method in class Formation

majority - Variable in class Candidate

majority - Variable in class Rep

maxSeparation - Variable in class District

median - Variable in class District

medianUtility - Variable in class District

myCandidate - Variable in class Voter

N

name - Variable in class District

name - Variable in class Individual

newPolicy - Variable in class Congress

newTag - Variable in class Rep

numberOfBills - Variable in class District

numOfBills - Variable in class Congress

P

parent - Variable in class Individual

parent - Variable in class Pool

partyTag - Variable in class Individual

Pascal - Static variable in class Utilities

Pascal's triangle up to row 41 for use in tag visualization

policies - Variable in class District

policies - Variable in class Pool

Pool - class Pool.

The Pool class holds all of our Candidates for an election.

Pool(District) - Constructor for class Pool

positions - Variable in class District

positions - Variable in class Pool

proposedBills - Variable in class Congress

proposedIssues - Variable in class Congress

proposedTags - Variable in class Congress

ProposeLegislation(int) - Method in class Congress

R

rand - Static variable in class Utilities

Gives us an random number generator to work with

Rep - class Rep.

Reps come from the Candidate that wins an election.

Rep(Candidate) - Constructor for class Rep

resetTag() - Method in class Rep

S

ScreenSpew() - Method in class Congress

showIdeology() - Method in class Individual

showRecord() - Method in class Individual

showTag() - Method in class Individual

Sigmoid(double) - Static method in class Utilities

Computes the sigmoid function on a given input.

similarityMatrix() - Method in class Congress

SPREAD - Variable in class District

statusQuo - Variable in class Congress

strengths - Variable in class Individual

T

tagAdapt() - Method in class Voter

tagAdapt(Rep) - Method in class Rep

tagLength - Variable in class District

termLimit - Variable in class District

U

Utilities - class Utilities.

Utilities is here for helpful stuff, like a random variable, and a random vector generator.

Utilities() - Constructor for class Utilities

V

vectorConsist(int, int) - Static method in class Utilities

Creates a vector with values within the bounds of the modparam that has consistent values around the value c.

vectorConsist(int, int, int) - Static method in class Utilities

Creates a vector with values within the bounds of the modparam that has consistent values around the value c.

vectorRand(int) - Static method in class Utilities

Creates a randomized double array

vectorRand(int, int) - Static method in class Utilities

Creates a positive randomized int array

vectorRand(int, int, int) - Static method in class Utilities

Creates a positive randomized int array around a center int

vote(Vector, boolean) - Method in class Voter

Voter - class Voter.

Voters are the foundation of our model.

Voter(int, int, int, int, int, String) - Constructor for class Voter

VoterID - Variable in class Candidate

VoterID - Variable in class Rep

votesReceived - Variable in class Candidate

votesReceived - Variable in class Rep

votingRecord - Variable in class Individual

W

waitHere(String) - Static method in class Utilities

Pauses the program until the user hits a key

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